I'd asked Stan Covington a while back about Japanese woodworking, and he was a wealth of knowledge.
He'd told me about his (I don't know the right word) "floor" workbench, which was a large slab of cherry.
Last year, I found an ugly coffee table on the side of the road.
I tried to make it into a floor workbench, but am not sure if I'm doing it right.
It was 1.25" of solid oak.
I ripped the wings off and squared the sides.
I'd wanted to do a through dovetail of some wood into the top, but eventually just screwed in the wood.
It doesn't bounce as much as my blum bench, but doesn't hand hard planing.
1. How did they determine height/dimensions?
2. Any recommended jigs with this type of bench?
3. Should I just keep my current bench, or make a new one?
Here's a vid of what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pJ...DQMfSwORfkAp8U
I can picture sliding this under my bed when I'm done.
My current one is about 8" off the ground, and is about lap height when sitting cross-legged.